2. SIMILE
Comparing two things using LIKE or AS .
Example:
Anna fights like a lion.
You were brave as a lion.
They fought like a cats and dogs.
Her face was as bright as the sunshine.
5. METAPHOR
Helps explain an idea or make a comparison
between two things without using LIKE or AS.
Example:
He is a walking encyclopaedia.
Her heart is gold.
The world is your stage.
She is the apple of my eyes.
You are my sunshine.
8. Is giving human qualities such as feelings, actions and
characteristics to animals and objects to emphasize
ideas.
Example:
Lightning danced across the sky.
My alarm clocks yells ate me every morning.
She heard the last piece of pie is calling her name.
The sun smiled at us.
His car is screaming to be washed.
PERSONIFICATION
11. Extreme exaggerated statements to form a bigger and
better ideas, it is usually not meant to be taken literally.
Example:
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
I’m so tired I could sleep for a year.
His teeth were blinding white.
My feet are killing me.
She was sweating buckets.
HYPERBOLE
14. REMEMBER:
Figures of Speech often provides emphasis,
freshness of expressions, clarity of ideas and give
more accurate descriptions.
You can use it in a daily conversation whether
written or oral.
Better to use it in writing essays, short stories, novels
etc. to add color and unique phrase.
